Mailing tube or wrapper.



H. GREVE. MAILING TUBE 0B. WBAPPER.

APPLIOATloN FILED Nov. 16, 1908.A

Patented M3118, 1910.

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HERMAN L. GREVE, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW" IPURE.

MAILING TUBE 0R WRAPPER.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 16, 1908.

Serial No. 462,923.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN L. GREVE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of N ew York,have invented certain. new and useful Improvements in Mailing' Tubes orWrappers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescrip tion of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it apper tains to make and use the same.

rlFhis invention relates to improvements in mailing tubes or wrappers.

'Ihe object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensiveform'of mailing tube or wrapper which when not in use may be spread outflat thus facilitating the packing and storing thereof, and which whendesired for use may be quickly rolled into cy lindrical shape to form atube for mailing or other purposes, means being provided whereby thetube is securely held in rolled position, said fastening means beingreadily released to permit the opening of the roll without cutting ortearing any part thereof or of the fastener, thus providing for the saferemoval of the contents.

With this and other objects in View, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts aswill be more fully described and particularly pointed out in theappended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the inner sideof a wrapper before being rolled; 2 is a section taken on line 2&2 ofFig. l; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the wrapper after being rolledwith its ends tucked in and secured; Fig. l is a detail sectional viewtaken on line d-t of Fig. l; and Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view ofthe fastening device detached.

In the embodiment illustrated, an outer sheet l is shown preferablycomposed of tough strong paper or other suitable iexible fabric havingone end cut on the bias as shown at Ia whereby a pointed flap 2 isprovided at one side of the wrapper. The fiap 2 having the bias edge lis designed to be wound tightly around the body of the wrapper when inrolled or operative position to secure it with the least possible dangerof tearing of the edge and the consequent unwinding of the wrapper. Inthe point of this flap 2 near the inclined edge thereof is arranged ametal fastener 3 which is pasted,

riveted or otherwise suitably secured to the outer face of the flap..This fastener 3 is preferably composed of a strip of soft metal andtheinner face of the flap :2 has a reinforcing strip i of paper or othersuitable fabric preferably arranged opposite the strip 3. t

Pasted or otherwise fastened to the inner face of the sheet l is a sheet5 of strawboard, corrugated paper, paste-board or other suitablematerial and this sheet 5 eX- tends from the straight end of the sheet lto a point near the flap 2 and is of slightly less width than the sheetl thereby providing along each edge of said sheet 5, a flexible marginalstrip which is adapted to be folded or tucked into the edge of the tubeafter it has been rolled and the goods to be shipped placed therein.

A wrapper of this character, maybe rolled to form tubes of differentsizes for the safe packing or shipping of valuable papers or merchandiseof varying bulk and it is espe cially adapted for use in mailing orcarrying pictures, unmounted photographs, drawings, sheets of music andthe like, and the article to be inclosed may be wrapped in with thesheet when being rolled into tubular form or it may be inserted afterthe tube is formed as may be desired. The flap portion 2 is preferablyprovided on its outer face with lines to receive the address or othermatter desired to be written thereon and when said flap is rolled intothe position shown in Fig. 2 the pointed end of the flap is tucked inand the metal strip is bentI down over the edge of the roll and securelyfastens the tube in closed position.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the inventionwill be readily understood without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, ]fn.'oportim1 and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as defined in theappended claim.

I claim as my invention.

A unitary wrapping sheet comprising a substantially rectangular sheet ofsemi-rigid material, a sheet of flexible material secured thereto andoverlapping the same on one end and both sides, said overlapping end.being out on the bias to form a pointed flap, the

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opposite end being flush with the edge of the semi-rigid sheet and amalleable metal stripV secured to the Hap on its bias edge, saidmalleable strip having its longitudinal center interseeted by a lineextending from the adj aeent side of the ,semi-rigid sheet Wheref bylwhen the overlapping ends of the flexible sheet are tucked in the tubeformed by the semi-rigid sheet, the malleable strip will be 10 bent toclamp the ap to the tube with onehalf of its body on the inside of thetubo and one-half on the outside.

In testimony WhereoI I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

HERMAN L. GREVE.

TWitnesses VALENTINE J. SCI-IULTHEIS, WILLIAM B. Coon.

